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Stephanie Chase: This is the generation that refuses to look away from Gaza

Stephanie Chase: This is the generation that refuses to look away from Gaza

In Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel Normal People, the character Marianne attends a pro-Palestine march in Dublin while at Trinity College....

09.11.2026 10

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Stephanie Chase

Young people have looked on in disbelief as Drumcree Orangemen attempted to drag us back to the past

I’M now at that point of adulthood where many things from my childhood are making a comeback. Last year it was Oasis, but I couldn’t have...

16.10.2026 20

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Why are the voices of the ceasefire generation not heard in unity debate?

I have to commend Andy Burnham for his comment last week that a border poll was “off the table”. The prime minister’s poor choice of words have...

10.09.2026 50

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The Belfast I’ve come back to is not the one I left behind

If you’d asked me five years ago if I would ever be back living in Belfast again, I probably would have told you it was unlikely. I’m someone who...

14.08.2026 60

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It’s time for Belfast to step up and show off

WALKING through the centre of Belfast on a normal afternoon, I try to imagine what it will be like next week when around 800,000 visitors descend upon...

31.07.2026 60

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From Kneecap to the Fleadh, Irish culture is doing what politics can’t

THE DUP have had a difficult few weeks. The party who would like to position themselves as the voice of morality are now in turmoil over the shocking...

10.07.2026 60

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Why the Irish still have to explain England’s history to the English

KATE Nash walks towards the Houses of Parliament holding a large white duvet with the words ‘The English don’t know their history’ written in...

23.04.2026 80

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Stephanie Chase: Forget the DUP – learning Irish is liberating for young people like me

If you grew up in the 1990s or 2000s, you may have heard the term ‘dead language’ used when talking about Irish. While Irish speakers have always...

27.03.2026 80

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